Failure is actually two arrows. The first arrow is the failure itself. That first arrow is a horrible impact. Knocks you down. Knocks the breath out of you. Makes you bleed. But that arrow won’t kill you. The second arrow is how you react to the failure.That arrow will blind you, infect you, and eventually kill you.

Talk about story-telling. There is little that can beat a good pastor on a roll. Don’t get me wrong – I disagree vehemently with his attitude towards gays and lesbians, but he is one hell of a speaker. Also remarkable is his willingness to challenge the individualist nature of Christian evangelism and introduce difficult social issues like HIV/AIDS. You’ll be surprised by how much this will resonate.

“I’m not trying to impress you, I’m trying to teach you – so please don’t clap.”

This is not a defense of Hari’s breach of his readers’ trust. I am as disappointed in him as you are. He has undermined his own credibility by trying to be too smart.

But to suggest that this Westminster story is simply a question of journalistic integrity is naive. This is a full-on attack on one of the media-pillars of the progressive left, a powerful writer and attack-dog.

Johann is a powerful writer. His pieces (like this one about the Congo) are worthy of the prizes bestowed on him. He will have to work doubly hard to regain the trust of his readers, but for us to hang him out to dry is as shortsighted as it is dangerous.